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‖ thitsi, thitsee East Ind.|ˈθɪtsiː|
Also thet-, theet-, thietsee, thyt-si.
[Burmese þitsī, þissī (written sachchē), f. þit tree, wood + asī, in comb. -sī gum: cf. sē to be sticky.]
The ‘black varnish tree’, Melanorrhœa usitatissima, N.O. Anacardiaceæ, of Burma; also applied to the varnish obtained from it.
1832Don Gen. Syst. Gard. II. 67/1 M[elanorrhœa] usitata... Native of Hindostan..where it is called Theet-tsee or Zitsi. 1839Royle Bot. Himalayan Mts. I. 178 Melanorrhœa usitata of Dr. Wallich,..the theet-see, or varnishing-tree of the Burmese,..abounds in a thick and viscid, greyish-brown fluid, which turns black soon after coming into contact with the air. 1858Hogg Veg. Kingd. 244 The Black Varnish-Tree..grows..in the Burmese empire, on the banks of the Irrawadi, where it is called Theet-tsee, or Zit-si. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Thetsee, a varnish obtained from Melanorrhœa usitata, in Arracan, and used for lacquering. 1890Hallett 1000 Miles 284 A plain in which many great thyt-si (black-varnish trees) were growing. |